Pawnee Buttes - Dispersed Camping
Reviewed Jun. 6, 2021

Dispersed Camping

The camping spots along Pawnee Butte Trailhead Road are absolutely perfect. They have wonderful views of the grasslands and the buttes. The biggest downside is there are a lot of giant windmills, oil pumps, and fracking operations in the area. Very difficult to ignore them as no matter where you look you’ll see something along the horizon.

In the spot I camped in, I had two bars of Verizon LTE service. But when I drove a half mile down to the trail head I only had 3G. So reception will be spotty.

There are no hook ups of any kind, anywhere. This is truly dispersed camping. The dirt road leading into the area was in fair condition. There were a couple of spots with very deep ruts that made pulling my 22 foot travel trailer slightly challenging. I can’t imagine anybody bringing something like 28 feet or greater into the area.

There were a ton of cows in the area, even walking right up into our campsite. Totally didn’t bother us though, in fact it was kind of fun. They were completely gentle and nonthreatening.

There is minimal hiking in the area. There was one trail that led into the buttes. But between May 1 and June 30 you cannot continue into the buttes. It’s closed to preserve wildlife.

GPS of spot I was in: 40.812312, -103.999513

If I go back, I’ll try a different area.

Site40.812312, -103.999513
Month of VisitJune
  • Review photo of Pawnee Buttes - Dispersed Camping by Scott B., June 6, 2021
  • Review photo of Pawnee Buttes - Dispersed Camping by Scott B., June 6, 2021
  • Review photo of Pawnee Buttes - Dispersed Camping by Scott B., June 6, 2021
  • Review photo of Pawnee Buttes - Dispersed Camping by Scott B., June 6, 2021
  • Review photo of Pawnee Buttes - Dispersed Camping by Scott B., June 6, 2021
  • Review photo of Pawnee Buttes - Dispersed Camping by Scott B., June 6, 2021
  • Review photo of Pawnee Buttes - Dispersed Camping by Scott B., June 6, 2021
  • Review photo of Pawnee Buttes - Dispersed Camping by Scott B., June 6, 2021